Profiles of Students, Staff, Teachers Archives - School News Network

Dreaming of games, politics and unity

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

Two City Middle students are national debate champions and have big plans for the future...

Leader in school ready for new challenge

Thornapple Kellogg Alexis Stark

Thornapple Kellogg grad, scholar and athlete Matthew Middleton will attend the U.S. Naval Academy this summer...

Leading the leaders

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When it comes to helping students learn to be leaders, a group of student ambassadors are leading the way at Brown Elementary School...

Finding Luis

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Godwin grad Luis Ramos-Sanchez hopes to motivate others to discover who they are...

Beating cancer, with kindness and grace

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Kenowa Hills senior beats bone cancer and graduates on time with the class of 2022...

Embraced by community, twins persevere

Caledonia Alexis Stark

‘Go-getter’ Caledonia High twins have stayed involved, learned to ‘grow through what you go through’ after losing their dad during their senior year...

Maturing, overcoming obstacles and planning for the future

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

Aiden Bond has worked through mental-health struggles, COVID and more on his way to graduation...

Capturing students’ special moments

Kent City Abigail Ham, SNN intern

Grandparent Mary Wilson shows support for Kent City schools and students in many ways, but especially with her camera...

Space is her final frontier

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Jennifer Gamino-Alvarez hopes to help others go into space...

Chosen by art, to her students’ benefit

Northview Morgan Jarema

The recently named art educator of the year can be found at none other than Northview High School...

‘She does what she needs to do’

Wyoming Erin Albanese

After living independently for years and facing the death of her brother, Wyoming High School senior Adriana Ortiz-Torres looks toward her future in college and beyond...

‘I love you! Have a good day!’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

In an era when nearly nothing for schools has been stable, parent volunteer Lacey Funke has been a constant presence for the Cummings Elementary community...

To be her own boss

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

This Lowell High School junior, a marketing student at Kent Career Tech Center, has big plans for her future...

’Heroes for the day’

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

This year about 20 dads participated. Before the pandemic, that number could reach more than 100...

Cars and cameras

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

A shutterbug junior wants to open his own business and photograph the Super Bowl someday, while a fifth-grader aspires to start his own car company...